Confessional

Circle the Drain: The Effect of Mental Illness on Sylvia Plath’s Ariel Poems Sylvia Plath’s death was one of the most famous in literary history. Her chilling suicide added immeasurable weight to the work she left behind. The Bell Jar and Ariel and Other Poems gave the public a personal look inside the mind of their creator. Her Ariel poems are her suicide note. All her insecurities, fears, and experiences laid out in these poems. The writing of Ariel was Plath’s life flashing before her…

The book, The Lord Reigns: A Theological Handbook to the Psalms is written by James L. Mays. It is a book about the book of Psalms viewed as a scripture and a liturgy. The book is concerned with the use of Psalms, and how its central message of the Lord reigns is portrayed. Mays proposes that the word “the Lord reigns” is the main point of Psalms that describes the sovereignty of God. It describes the contents and context of the Psalms individual and as a whole in relation to the other books of…

1. Introduction “Many Psalms were originally human words to God in prayer or praise. But once they were included in the canonical book, these texts became God’s word to humans to teach us how to pray and praise” (Futato 2007: 59). The book of Psalms is divided into prayers, poems and songs and as a result it remains relevant to the believer’s spiritual wellbeing through their season of lamentation, thanksgiving, and praise and so forth. The psalms are human beings’ responses to God’s words and…

A promising era had risen when Queen Victoria came to throne. The period of the Nineteenth Century was characterized by rapid changes, marked by a great expansion of power and culture. Throughout this century, territorial expansion spread in parts of India, Africa, in the Middle East and in Asia. This process brought not only colonial presence but the increased use of English language outside of Europe, trading, cultural integration, advances in medicine, and technology. Established as the birth…

Madness is state of mind that always raises many questions. These questions can lead to the root cause of the problem. In real life and in stories, the causes of madness could vary and be broad. However, there is always a turning point that makes one lose control of consciousness and sense of reality. For instance, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is more than just a story about a mad woman. It unveils many symptoms of madness that can be traced down to the root cause. Another…

1. Introduction: Nowadays several contemporary countries are described by multiculturalism (cultural varieties), multilingualism, and different ethnic and confessional views. Regarding the fact that the population has multi religious, multiethnic, and multicultural views, many efforts have been made to manage the mutual diversities and the differences linked with the identity of public and political unity. It denotes to the cultural diversities that originate from the presence of two or more…

CONCLUSION (THESIS 21.6.15) Poems by women writers on motherhood and mothering, discussed so far conform to the feminist theorization of motherhood both as a subjugating political institution and an enriching personal experience. The poems may not be exclusively written to expose or explore the themes of motherhood alone, but their approach to this topic is extra ordinarily rich and varied, offering fresh insights into how sexual politics and the related institutions, like marriage, religion,…